AU773616B2 - Supply meter for liquid and gaseous mediums - Google Patents
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- AU773616B2 AU773616B2 AU65572/00A AU6557200A AU773616B2 AU 773616 B2 AU773616 B2 AU 773616B2 AU 65572/00 A AU65572/00 A AU 65572/00A AU 6557200 A AU6557200 A AU 6557200A AU 773616 B2 AU773616 B2 AU 773616B2
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F15/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
- G01F15/06—Indicating or recording devices
- G01F15/065—Indicating or recording devices with transmission devices, e.g. mechanical
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F15/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
- G01F15/07—Integration to give total flow, e.g. using mechanically-operated integrating mechanism
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
- G01R11/00—Electromechanical arrangements for measuring time integral of electric power or current, e.g. of consumption
- G01R11/02—Constructional details
- G01R11/16—Adaptations of counters to electricity meters
Abstract
The invention relates to a supply meter for liquid or gaseous mediums or electric current. The supply meter is provided with a display device for the medium that passes the supply meter. The entire previous supply is displayed by means of a cumulated meter reading. A verification code can be produced by said meter reading. The verification code display device is mechanically linked to the gear of the supply display device.
Description
SUPPLY METER FOR LIQUID AND GASEOUS MEDIUMS The invention concerns a supply meter for liquid or gaseous mediums or electric current, including a display device for displaying amount of the medium or current consumed, s which displays the entire previous supply in a cumulative meter reading and makes possible the provision of a verification code.
A supply meter of this type is known from DE 19623044 Al. This known supply meter works electronically and has an electro-optic display device for display of the consumed amount, a verification code for the used amount, and a condition verification code for the supply meter. This supply meter makes possible a verifiable evaluation of the read consumption value and the condition of the supply meter. For reading the supply meter, the consumer or, as the case may be, the meter-reader transposes the actual as well as the encoded display values to a card which then can be evaluated by the supplier, who can then verify the correctness of the reading by decoding the encoded display values. Due to the complex design and the necessary electronic construction components the manufacturing costs are substantially higher in comparison to the mechanical supply meters.
S: It is the task of the invention to design a supply meter of the above described type in such a 20 manner, that consumed amounts can be reliably evaluated without electronic construction components, and yet the accuracy of the meter reading as well as the meter condition can be verified using a verification code.
In accordance with the invention there is provided a supply meter for a liquid or gaseous 25 medium or electric current, with a display device for displaying the amount of the medium or current consumed, which displays with a cumulative meter reading the entire amount consumed to date and makes possible the production of a verification code, wherein a verification code display device is mechanically linked with a drive means for the consumed-amount display-device, and wherein the transmission ratio between said drive means and said verification code display device is freely selectable.
The supply meter in accordance with the invention has a mechanical display for the amount of the supply medium which has passed through the supply meter, which displays with a cumulative meter reading the total consumption to date and in addition makes 05/04/04,sw 2590spa, 1 possible the provision of a verification code. The generation of the verification code occurs by mechanical gears, of which the transmission ratio depends upon the construction design and may differ from 1:10. The representation of the verification code occurs on rollers or disks, of which the segment count can be other than 10. For the display of the verification code it is also possible to use numerals, figures or symbols. If the display of the verification code occurs in the form of numbers or letters, the segments of the rollers or disks need not be consecutively encoded, but rather for increasing the difficulty of manipulation may use a non-convention sequence, which may be for example 2, 3, 1, 9, 0, 4, 6, 8" or X, K, Z, D, A, L, O, E, Insofar as letters or numbers are employed for representing the verification code, these represent particular values, which can be evaluated as information. The rotating bodies of the verification code display device can be connected at any point with the drive means or gears of the supply meter device. There need only be continuity between respectively the display of the verification code display device and the device number in the zero position of the supply meter display, since this verification code then forms the basis for the later evaluation of the determined verification code data. Therein the employed transmission ratio between the drive of the supply meter display device and the verification code device is taken into consideration.
This can be for example 1:3.5.
.20 The invention will now be described in greater detail on the basis of the illustrative embodiment of a supply meter represented in the figures. There is shown: Fig. 1 a view upon the display of the supply meter; and •25 Fig. 2 the schematic of the connection of supply meter display device and verification ~code display device.
9 9ooo The display 8 of the supply meter includes a numeric display 4 for the consumed medium or current, which display can be comprised of parallel to each other arranged rollers or dials with numeric imprints. Parallel to the numeric display of consumed amount 4 is provided a verification code display 5, which likewise is comprised of dials, upon which numbers, symbols, letters or the like can be provided next to each other. The verification code display 5 can be covered using a not shown cover, which could be operated using a push key or button 7. Preferably the push key or button 7 is cushioned. This can be 05/04/04.sw I 2590spa2 accomplished using a spring, an air cushion or an oil cushion. Further, the display 8 may also include a known consumed amount display 6 by means of which the respective consumed quantity of the medium is displayed.
The verification code display device 3 is rigidly connected with the drive means 1 for the consumed amount display device via a gear connection means 2. The transmission ratio between the gear 1 and the verification code display device 3 can be freely selected and may be for example 1:3.5. The knowledge of the setting of the transmission ratio is essential for the evaluation of the verification code.
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Claims (11)
1. A supply meter for a liquid or gaseous medium or electric current, with a display device for displaying the amount of the medium or current consumed, which displays with a cumulative meter reading the entire amount consumed to date and makes possible the production of a verification code, wherein a verification code display device is mechanically linked with a drive means for the consumed-amount display-device, and wherein the transmission ratio between said drive means and said verification code display device is freely selectable.
2. The supply meter according to claim 1, wherein the verification code provided by said verification code display device is a function of the position of the consumed- amount display-device, the setting of the verification code display device when the consumed-amount display-device was in the zero or start position, and the transmission ratio between the drive means and the verification code display device.
3. The supply meter according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, wherein the verification code display device is a rotating body.
4. The supply meter according to Claim 3, wherein the verification code display device is a rotating display. 0 The supply meter according to Claim 3, wherein the verification code display oo device is a disk display.
6. The supply meter according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the verification code display device displays a verification code for the cumulative meter reading.
7. The supply meter according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the verification code display device is fixed or set in a zero position of the consumed amount display device, in order to generate a portion of a supply meter device number. -4- 05/04/04,sw I 2590spa,4
8. The supply meter according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the verification code display device displays, encoded, the cumulative meter reading and device specific data of the supply meter.
9. The supply meter according to Claim 8, wherein as the device specific data there is displayed the supply meter device number and/or supply meter device type. The supply meter according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the verification code display device displays the verification code in the form of letters, characters, numbers or symbols.
11. The supply meter according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a cover provided over the display surface of the verification code display device is operable by means of a mechanical push button.
12. The supply meter according to Claim 11, wherein the push button is cushioned. o
13. A supply meter for liquid or gaseous medium or electric current, as claimed in 20 claim 1, substantially as described herein, with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this 6 th day of April, 2004 25 UTILITY CONSULT HINZMANN AND KONIG OHG By their Patent Attorneys: CALLINAN LAWRIE 05/04/04,swl 2590spa,5
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| DE19944788A DE19944788A1 (en) | 1999-09-18 | 1999-09-18 | Consumption meter for liquid and gaseous media |
| PCT/DE2000/002375 WO2001022036A1 (en) | 1999-09-18 | 2000-07-21 | Supply meter for liquid and gaseous mediums |
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| EP (1) | EP1218699B1 (en) |
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| AU (1) | AU773616B2 (en) |
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| DE (3) | DE29923436U1 (en) |
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| EA (1) | EA003768B1 (en) |
| ES (1) | ES2209945T3 (en) |
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| PT (1) | PT1218699E (en) |
| SI (1) | SI1218699T1 (en) |
| SK (1) | SK285179B6 (en) |
| TR (1) | TR200200703T2 (en) |
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